Kit WordPress Plugin Development

Alongside my own WordPress Plugin business, WP Zinc, I provide contract WordPress Plugin development services for Kit since November 2021, developing the Kit WordPress Plugin.

This has focused on performance, functionality, user experience, bug fixes, robust end to end automated testing, upgrading to the latest Kit.com API, deployment workflows, support and marketing within the WordPress.org Plugin Directory.

I've added new features, including:

Blocks for embedding Kit Forms, Form Triggers, Broadcasts and Products

Member Content functionality, to gate content (paid or free) using Kit's Forms, Tags and Products

Native integration with Elementor and Divi

A native Form Builder, to easily build subscription forms right within WordPress

Enhanced integrations with WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Forminator and other third party plugins

To improve the user experience, I've added:

Onboarding wizards: to quickly connect your Kit account and get started, as well as embed Kit Landing Pages and build Member-only content sections

UI enhancements to various settings screens

Easily import and export settings across sites

Broadcasts to Posts and Posts to Broadcasts functionality

Improved performance for larger accounts and sites

Moving from the v3 API key authentication to v4 API OAuth

Automatic configuration of popular WordPress caching plugins, to ensure creators can spend their time creating, not configuring

I implemented wp-browser's automated end to end and integration testing as a first step, and wrote extensive test coverage for the entire Plugin. Tests are created or updated when a feature is added, changed or a bug reported, to minimise breaking changes between updates.

Using GitHub's workflows, tests are automatically run against all PR's / changes, ensuring deployments are shipped with confidence.

WordPress PHP, JS and CSS coding standards were fully implemented in the Plugin, to ensure maximum compatibility with third party Plugins, remove the chance of any security flaws and maintain compatibility with older and newer PHP versions.

Using the knowledge gained for my own WordPress Plugin products over at WP Zinc, the Kit Plugin has undergone readme text optimisation, ensuring a steady growth of new creators and installations.